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ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 31 Mar 2015 21:36:31 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: stixzidiniahttp://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/04/shocker-tampa-bay-sweeps-top-seeded-washington-out-of-playoffs-with-5-3-win/comment-page-1/#comment-10514
Fri, 06 May 2011 03:12:46 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=36574#comment-10514It’s not shocking. It’s all the Caps ever do is choke in the post-season. Hell, the Rangers series was only the 2nd playoff series they’ve won since 1998. And the Rangers series was the first time they’ve ever needed less than 7 games to win a series. It’s just a terrible organization that has cultivated a culture of failure when it counts. It starts with Ted Leonsis and trickes all the way down to the ice.
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Thu, 05 May 2011 17:31:07 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=36574#comment-10494As a Lightning fan, I have to agree with you.

I know you guys are pretty down on your team from all the comments, AND all the headlines (What Went Wrong: Capitols). But honestly at the end of the day, TB was a better team that wanted it more, and their play showed. I expected a much tougher battle than what we got.

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Thu, 05 May 2011 16:47:37 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=36574#comment-10490Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Lightning, who SWEPT the Washington Capitals to win the NHL Eastern Conference semifinals at the St. Petersburg Times Forum last night. Great to to it AT HOME! After a couple of days resting, it will be time to battle the (likely) Philldelphia Flyers in the Conference finals on the way to the Stanley Cup (I got my tickets already from http://bit.ly/tampatks) !
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Thu, 05 May 2011 12:28:14 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=36574#comment-10483what could be more obvious then a sell out like Ovechkin taking money to break the beard tradition ??? ha ha HA cursed yourself and your team good job… now we have the last laugh thank you.
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Thu, 05 May 2011 10:46:00 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=36574#comment-10482As a Caps fan, the Lightning played their game and won – they were the better team! You cannot win when you:

– dump and chase
– cannot clear the puck in the defense zone
– have horrible break-outs and missed passes
– do not look for short-handed goals on PPK
– look for the best shot on a PP instead of just shooting it
– not having a man in front of the net on every offensive possession
– watching the Lightning blow past you on puck chases
– not putting the squeeze on the Lightning offensive break-outs

I blame some on the players and expect to see some new blue liners for the next season. But the Coach needed to change the entire game plan when it failed in Games 1 & 2. Tampa Bay has a skilled set of shooters while NYR did not.

I know, I know… the coach needs to take a lot of blame. The argument could be made that the players are not responding to him. Still though, you cannot have two of your top three players taking the series off. Semin and Backstrom both looked weak on the puck, and lacked any sort of fight for most of the series. When they are getting paid what they are, you can’t have that. If I was Washington I would think about trading Semin in the off season. Before the Rangers series he had gone 14 playoff games without a goal and yet again vanished for a series his team lost. Sounds to me like someone lacks the drive to win in the big games.

Lets also not forget that Washington, while winning the East, had some major problems this season at times. They have a talented roster that is capable of playing great…. but that same roster has a tendency to disappear for a while at times. The only consistent player they have is Ovechkin, and he can’t win a series alone… as we have seen the last three years. It might be time for a coaching change in Washington, but I think a roster shakeup is needed as well. Seems like too many fat cats think they are safe, winning or losing…. and thats not the key to success.

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Thu, 05 May 2011 05:19:30 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=36574#comment-10477“Doesn’t really sound like a roster problem”
“Might be time to take a look at the guys running the show. This team is lacking.”

What would be the corrective action there guys?
Seems to me the players are the ones out there on the Ice. They were the best team in the East at the end of the regular season. What changed in the playoffs?

I don’t know the Caps like others do. Just love seeing Ovechtrick take his ass home.

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Thu, 05 May 2011 05:04:31 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=36574#comment-10475Might be time to take a look at the guys running the show. This team is lacking.
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Thu, 05 May 2011 03:49:33 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=36574#comment-10471Two straight seasons, enter the playoffs #1, leave early. Doesn’t really sound like a roster problem…
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